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UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE,

GE RGE W. PRENTIOE, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

'GLOVE-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,950, dated April 29, 1884.

Application filed March 7,1884. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE XV. PRENTIOE,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of Providence, and State of Rhode Island, have invented an Improvement in Fasteners for Gloves, of which the follow ing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to fasteners for gloves in which the wrist-opening of the glove is closed by means of a lacing-cord engaging lacing studs or hooks secured to the glove about the wrist-opening. Heretofore such fasteners for gloves have been open to the serious objection that delicate and expensive laces, and other articles or portions of the apparel of persons wearing gloves having such fasten-ings, would catch upon the exposed or projecting ends of the lacing-hooks about the wrist-opening, and become torn or damaged, besides subjecting the wearer to worry and vexation.

My invention has for its object the production of a fastener for gloves and other articles, which is to be attached to the glove or other article about the opening to be laced, and-in which the end of the hook will be prevented, when in use, from being caught or engaged by laces or other articles of apparel of the person wearing gloves or other articles provided with. such fasteners, and yet be adapted to be readily engaged by the lacing-cord when the glove or other article is to be laced at its opening.

To this end my invention consists, primarily, of a fastener for gloves'or analogous articles, having a head and prong, the said prong adapted to be forced through the fabric of a glove or other article from the under side thereof, and then bent upon itself, with its free end or extremityadjacent to the upper surface of the fabric, and sufficiently removed therefrom s my improved fastener secured thereto; Fig. 3,

a similar View, showing the fastener engaged by the lacing-cord; and Fig. 4, a perspective ric, as'deemed advisable,to hold the head and prong in fixed relation to the glove, and the prong e bent upon itself, with its point or end adjacent to the upper surface of the fabric,

and more or less directed in toward the post or upright portion of the prong, and nearer to the wrist-opening a of the glove A thansaid post.

or upright portion, sufficient space being left between the end of the bent prong or formed hook e and the fabric to allow a lacing-cord, d, which is suitably secured to the glove at the bottom of the wrist-opening, to pass between the fabric and the end of thehook, so as to engage the hook e, as clearly shown in Figs. 1

and 3. The end of the hook 6 being partially bent in toward the post or upright portion of said prong or hook, it prevents the lacing-cord becoming disengaged from the hook, more especially as the strain put upon the hook,when

engaged by the lacing-cord, causes the endof said hook to be forced down upon the upper surface ofthe glove,and,aocording to the softness and flexibility of the material, pressed more or less into it, whereby the lacing-cord is fully prevented from disengagement, as stated, and the catching of laces and other articles upon the ends of the hooks avoided.

It will be noticed that to bring about the best results,as herein stated, the fastener must be secured to the glove so that the point or free end of the hook will be brought next the wrist-opening; but such. disposition of parts is not necessary when the fastener is applied to heavy gloves, for instance, or other articles wherein it is not required to provide against the catching of delicate articles on the hook.

What I claim is 1. A fastener or lacing-hook for gloves or other articles, consisting of a head provided with one, two, or more spurs and a prong, the said prong adapted to be forced through the material of the glove or other article from the under side thereof, bent upon itself to bring its free end adjacent to the upper surface of the material to which it is to be secured, and su fficiently removed therefrom to permit the passage of a lacing-cord between said end and the material, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a glove having a wrist-opening, or analogous article having an opening, of a number of lacing-hooks consisting of heads and prongs,the said prongs adapted to be forced through the material composing the glove from the under side and at each side of the wrist-opening, and bent upon themselves, with their free ends or points adjacent to the upper surface of the material,and adapted to permit the passage of a lacing-cord between the said free ends and the material, means forfirmly holding the hooks to the glove, and a lacingcord secured to the glove at the wristopening, and adapted to engage the hooks, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a glove having a wrist-opening, and a lacing-cord secured to said glove at the wrist-opening, of a number of lacing-hooks, each consisting of a head having one, two, or more spurs secured to the under side of the glove, and a prong integral with the head, the said prong projecting through the material of the glove from the un' der side near the wrist-opening, and bent upon itself toward the wrist-opening, with its point or free end curved or directed toward the heel or post of the prong, and adjacent to the material, and sufficiently removed therefrom to permit the passage of the lacing-cord between said point and the material to engage the hook, all substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I havesigned my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE \V. PRENTICE.

Vitnesses:

F. A. SMITH, Jr., CHARLES 

